he knows it was not the boyfriend shot because he saw him taken away in a squad car. >> as far as i know, it's a friendly family, in fact, more friendly than some suburban people that tend to be somewhat standoffish. very sweet people. >> we don't know if it's related to, we made a police report on easter. there is a guy who lives up there speeding up the street at 90 miles an hour. so my son called the police and they came. so we don't know what happened with that, other than the police called to see what the report was. they said they had knocked and knocked and knocked on the door and no one answered. >> chief of police again did not comment whether that lady's report had anything to do with what happened. again, they were responding to numerous 911 hang-up calls. the chief of police believes this the first officer-involved shooting here in the city of lafayette. as a standard procedure, this requires an investigation not only from lafayette police but the d.a.'s office and contra

costa county sheriff's office. reporting live in lafayette, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> okay, bob. thank you very much. this morning marking a somber day for a small christian college in oakland. flowers at the entrance of the university. a total of seven people were gunned down and killed april 2nd, 2012. police say it was a former student who carried out that shooting rampage. he's undergoing psychiatric treatment at the hospital. a memorial concert will be held at the st. paul's episcopal church. one lawmaker taking aw "newsweek" approach to gun control. instead of focusing on the guns themselves, they are focusing on the bullets. arturo santiago joining us in milpitas. >> reporter: they are beginning

to discuss in the legislature today, more to do with ammunition control rather than gun control. first is a bill from assembly woman from berkeley. it will require anyone selling or transferring ammunition in the state to be licensed and to get the id of a buyer. that id information would be put into a state registry. another bill is looking to create a statewide permit system to buy ammo. the third bill from state assemblyman from oakland would impose a 10% tax on ammunition that sold in the state with the revenue going to crime prevention efforts. >> i've been all my life carrying weapons, military. but to me, you know, what i see is the news, the news, a lot of crimes -- >> so the new laws would not bother you? >> no, not at all. >> but some gun rights advocates are getting their

counter-offensive ready and argue basically that ammunition control bills are still an attack on the second amendment. some call it a way to red tape the right to bear arms and make it as difficult as possible for law abiding gun owners to have a firearm. smaller communities will hear proposed bills first. if they make it out of the committee they will go on to the legislature. live in milpitas, arturo santiago, nbc bay area news. a story making national headlines. a man accused of slamming into a series of cars before finally crashing into a san jose walmart facing a judge thormd. haamid zaid appearing in court on an unrelated charge. he's expected to be back in court on assault with a deadly weapon charge. police say zaid crashed into the

walmart and starting attacking people inside. new this morning a tax driver tested on driving under the influence after slamming into the center divide near the millbrae exit about 1:30 this morning. the cab is wrecked but the driver is not seriously injured. no one else is believed to have been inside the cab at the time of that crash. take a look at this, a bit of a rough start to the commute in the south bay. a cement truck landed on its side after an accident on the south 280 connector ramp to northbound 101. no one was hurt. it took crews about four hours to clear the scene. investigators this morning looking into what caused a fire to run through an apartment in sunnyvale overnight. when they got to the scene they found one apartment on fire and spread to the attic. it took them an hour to get it under control. but they were able to keep it from spreading to other units. the people who lived in that

apartment on ariba drive fortunately were not home at the time. >> apparently they had to take their dog to the veterinarian. we don't know if that's as a result of the fire or something else and that caused them to leave a pot on the stove or something like that. >> just as a safety precaution, crews did stay on scene watching for hot spots. police on the lookout for a thief that simply cannot keep his mouth shut. san francisco -- south san francisco police calling this man the chatty thief. they say, here is the deal, walks into stores or offices and poses as a customer, having long conversations with the employees. then when they are not looking, he rips off their apple devices. police say hit at least eight times since february in both burlingame and south san francio. he goes by the name mike or michael. he had shaggy brown hair but it's reported he shaved it off and he did that sometime last week. hayward wants to keep online

gambling out of the city for a little longer. the city council the discuss whether to have a temporary ban on computer gaming businesses at interstate sweepstake cafes similar to this. it offers las vegas-style gambling games. a moratorium was first enacted in february but it is bound to expire. hayward city officials are considering revising current zoning laws around those businesses. long serving silicon valley congressman set to face competition during next year's election run. former obama official announcing he's running for the seat. he will have solid help from members of the president's re-election campaign. however, president obama himself has already endorsed honda. yesterday telling mercury news he is grateful for the president's support and he will be taking this race like he has all the others in the past, seriously. he's represented the area for the past 13 years.

that includes fremont, santa clara, sunny vail, cup ticontit. they will continue inspections on natural gas pipelines, this time in daly city. they will vent south of "brotherhood" way. the test is scheduled to start this afternoon and should last throughout the night. pse&g is expecting its entire gas pipeline system following the deadly 2010 san bernardino explosion. officials say all tests across the state should be done by the he said of the month. we can now add another bay ar community to that growing list of cities supporting same-sex marriage. just last night the palo alto city council passing a resolution opposing prop 8, california's ban on same-sex marriage. it also agrees to fly the rainbow flag out in front of city hall. several other cities in the bay area showing their support for gay rights just last week as the

u.s. supreme court heard two separate cases dealing with same-sex marriage. decisions on both of those cases are expected sometime in june. a very nice day shaping up for us on tuesday. meteorologist christina loren, what do you have to say about that? >> i say, what are we still doing here. twenty minutes away from freedom and getting out there to enjoy that beautiful day. maybe you have the day off. it's spring break for some. as you can see this is one of those days you want to take advantage of the beautiful weather. live look, san francisco, mid and high-level clouds, all burned off at 57 comfortable degrees. in the city by the bay right now headed towards the 70s, inland 60 in san jose, sunny vail living up to their name, lots of sunshine coming in warming you up to about 75 degrees in the heat of the day. highs about 4:00 p.m. this time of year. mild temps, a mix of sun and clouds as we get into wednesday looking warm and mild closer to 80 degrees. then as we head throughout thursday, we get our next chance

for rain and even better chance as we head into the weekend. so wait until i show you exactly where and when and how much. >> a little drama. >> you know, i like to bring the drama when i bring the rain. >> she does bring it. >> okay, christina. thanks so much. feeling the sting from an april fool's joke, why two radio d.j.s aren't d.j.ing this morning following their stunt. also tell you about new nuclear threats from north korea and also what the u.s. is doing to combat it. a major step forward in science with a new $100 million research project into the brain. we'll take a look coming up. and right now we give you a live look at the golden gate bridge, still socked in, a little bit of fog out there. the heart of san francisco right there. traffic moving just fine into and out of the city. stay with us. ♪ alright, let's go.

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on the international scene tension on the peninsula continues to climb. north korea announcing today it's reopening a closed nuclear plant with a prime focus on producing materials for weapons. nbc's richard engel following developments from south korea. >> this is yet another escalation in a very tense situation. today north korea said it would reopen closed nuclear facilities, in particular one a uranium enrichment plant capable of producing enough plutonium to produce one nuclear bomb a year. the plant had been closed since 2007 as part of international negotiation and to build trust in that process. the cooling tower there had been destroyed. pyongyang now says it will rebuild the facility. it's unclear how long it will take before it is up and

running. south korea is very considered about what is going on in the north. the south korean government said it will respond to any aggression from the north with force of its own. >> the current crisis has already gone too far. nuclear threats are not a game. military posturing only result in actions -- >> pyongyang says it needs these fats to produce some electricity and also to impose the quantity and quality of its nuclear stockpile. that is a very bold assertion. the other one said it needs it to produce electricity, there's a problem with that. the yongbyon plant isn't connected to the power grid. it never was. a few hours ago president

obama announced the $100 million effort to map the human brain after a similar and successful program to decode dna. >> you're talking about human genome project. when it comes to mapping brain, the connection of synapses, nobody is really sure what will come of it. it's possible it will lead to cures of afflictions like alzheimer's. again, what the president is announcing today is when it comes to the brain, we don't know what we don't know, and this mapping is going to be the first step in finding out. >> as humans, we can identify galaxies light years away. we can study particles smaller than atom, but we still haven't unlocked the mystery of the three pounds of matter that sits between our ears. >> not only will science likely benefit, but our economy as well. president obama points out for every dollar spent researching dna through the human genome

project, it returned $140 to the economy. coming up tonight at 6:00, we're going to take a look at how stanford is involved in all of this. of course later today we're going to hear finally what the big secret is from tesla. we'll be telling you about it at 5:00 and 6:00 as well. >> the anticipation. thanks so much. louisville guard kevin ware that broke his leg in devastating fashion is out of the hospital and heading back to campus where. being release freddie methodist hospital hours ago. you probably heard about it. he suffered a horrific injury in louisville's victory over duke. under went surgery to repair compound fractures in the tibia part of his leg. it's expected he will not be playing again for at least a year. the louisville coach says he could end up traveling with the team to the final four in atlanta. at this point it's not known if he's yet been cleared to fly.

good luck to him. >> that's what you call a true athlete. >> a warrior. a sea lion at uc santa cruz is showing the world he's got some moves. ♪ >> all right. his name is ronan, the sea lion. you know why he does it? >> why? >> for the love of the dance. >> whether earth, wind, and fire or back street boys, he can work it. scientists previously thought the only animals that could actually mimic the human voice, they were the ones that could keep time to music. thanks to him, experts have to rewrite science books, he can get down. >> five, six, seven. >> lavern and shirley. squeegee --

>> squigy. >> we didn't represent very well, lavern and shirley in the bottling factory. if you're headed to work, getting ready to get your day started, forget about the jacket, temperatures in the 50s, lower 60s. show you the bay area from space just to let you know where those low clouds are sticking around. the bay bridge, sticking to the coastline. up in the north bay we have some pretty big pockets of fog still clearing out courtesy of on-shore flow. keep that independent mind, although most of that is clearing from the surface. look at the temperatures in the north bay, 52 degrees, low 50s, 53 in santa rosa. meanwhile 60s and 70s in the south bay where the sun is out in full force. 64 degrees in palo alto. beautiful day right by the bay. later on we're going to enjoy 70s, 70 livermore, 67 gilroy and changes just around the corner. enjoy that brief warm-up while it lasts. racing toward the coastline, area of low pressure, starts to approach the coastline as we

head through thursday morning, this is what we get for our drive to work. 5:00 p.m., yellow embedded in the deep green, heavy downpours on the way to the coast by 6:00 a.m. that line of showers will move into the inland cities. by noon thursday finally getting a little bit of a break. this is not our only chance for rain. seven-day tells the story. the week, more much needed rain on the way. best chance looks like late saturday into sunday with lingering showers for monday, guys. back to you. >> okay, christina, thanks so much. an april fool's prank goes terribly wrong. it caused such a panic, two d.j.s were yanked off the air for it. plus show you the hoops there, how various sports teams made history last night. we've got it all. [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t.

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d.j.s are off the air today after an april fool's prank went a little too far. a hokie by val and scott sent people into a panic in florida. they joked something coming out of the taps in lehigh county. it's a term for water but many believed the water was unsafe to drink leading to calls to the water company. the general manager apologizes. >> this messes with the big three, food, water, shelter. you can't mess with those, and we did. >> they spent the day apologizing for the other two. they have suspended val and scott indefinitely. turns out president obama knew something analysts and experts did not. he chose cal women to advance all the way to the final four. guess what, he was absolutely correct. bears beat georgia last night 65-62 securing the team's very first ever final four appearance. they now have to wait to see who wins tonight between louisville

and tennessee. good luck to the bears. the sharks making history last night as well or at least their players did. the sharks tweeting out this photo of number 80 last night as he makes his nhl debut. it marks the very first time the san jose junior shark has suited up for the pro team. a lot of friends and family in the crowd cheering him on for his debut. nice gain by the young man, had an assist as the sharks skate on to beat canucks 3-2, the sharks fifth straight victory. >> on fire. >> feeling good, starting to heat up. jimmy fallon, talking about late night. jimmy fallon and jay leno taking on late night rumors. >> take a look at the duet after the break.

on a life of its own. late night host jimmy fallon and jay leno finally taking on the rumors. >> shared last night.

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